Ayr United 1
Raith Rovers 0
League (League (Championship))
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
1 - 01 - 0 |
Raith RoversRaith Rovers |
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League (League (Championship)) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Frankie Musonda (55) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
|
Lee Bullen |
Unknown. |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Charlie Albinson Patrick Reading Sean McGinty Frankie Musonda Michael Hewitt Andy Murdoch Josh Mullin Reece Mcalear Chris Maguire Sam Ashford Dipo Akinyemi |
1 MacDonald 4 Millen 30 Masson 3 Dick 15 Ngwenya 16 Stanton 20 Brown 22 Ross 11 McBride 24 McGill 18 Akio |
| Bench | |
|
Aiden McAdams Carter Jenkins Mark McKenzie Jayden Mitchell-Lawson Daire OConnor Paul Smith Fraser Bryden |
17 Thomson 29 Young |
| Substitutions | |
|
Daire OConnor for Josh Mullin (70) Mark McKenzie for Chris Maguire (70) Jayden Mitchell-Lawson for Sam Ashford (80) |
McGill for Young 70'minutes |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Dick McGill |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
David Munro (Referee) |
Match Report
rankie Musonda's header against Raith Rovers propelled Ayr United into the Championship promotion play-off places.
The centre-back powered the ball into the top left corner to net against his former club.
Sam Ashford had earlier hit the post from 20 yards, and Rovers goalkeeper Jamie MacDonald tipped over to deny Dipo Akinyemi.
Raith had only been able to name two substitutes because of injuries and suspensions.
The victory takes Lee Bullen's side into fourth place and the Honest Men travel to face Inverness Caledonian Thistle on Friday to try and secure a play-off spot.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at April 29th, 2023)
| 2022-23 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
|
|
| Charlie Albinson (GK) | 26 |
|
37 | - | 48 | - |
| Sean McGinty | 29 |
|
39 | 3 | 74 | 4 |
| Patrick Reading | 23 |
|
43 | - | 108 | 3 |
| Frankie Musonda | 25 |
|
27 | 2 | 27 | 2 |
| Andy Murdoch | 28 |
|
31 | 2 | 147 | 6 |
| Michael Hewitt | 22 |
|
15 | - | 28 | - |
| Reece Mcalear | 21 |
|
15 | - | 15 | - |
| Josh Mullin | - |
|
23 | 8 | 23 | 8 |
| Dipo Akinyemi | 25 |
|
44 | 25 | 44 | 25 |
| Sam Ashford | 27 |
|
38 | 3 | 51 | 5 |
| Chris Maguire | - |
|
12 | - | 12 | - |
| Jayden Mitchell-Lawson (sub) | - |
|
31 | 2 | 31 | 2 |
| Daire OConnor (sub) | 26 |
|
28 | 1 | 53 | 2 |
| Mark McKenzie (sub) | 22 |
|
39 | 4 | 111 | 8 |
League Table (as at April 29th, 2023)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dundee | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 60 |
| 2. | Queen's Park | 35 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 58 |
| 3. | Ayr United | 35 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 55 |
| 4. | ICT | 35 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 55 |
| 5. | Morton | 35 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 54 |
| 6. | Partick Thistle | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 53 |
| 7. | Raith Rovers | 35 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 42 |
| 8. | Arbroath | 35 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 33 |
| 9. | Cove Rangers | 35 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 31 |
| 10. | Hamilton Academical | 35 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 30 |